{"id":11757,"date":"2019-07-26T16:36:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T16:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=11757"},"modified":"2019-07-26T16:36:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T16:36:53","slug":"paige-madsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/26\/paige-madsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Madsen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tri-sport star is \u2018mad\u2019 for math<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Jesse Cole<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Paige Madsen of Wood River High School. Photo credit: Emma Madsen\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wood River High School junior Paige Madsen knows exactly where she\u2019s been and exactly where she\u2019s going.
\nCarrying a 3.7 GPA, Madsen doesn\u2019t shy away from a challenging workload. Next year, she will be taking A.P. Calculus, A.P. Physics, A.P. Language and Composition, A.P. Macro and Micro Economics, U.S. history, and video productions.<\/p>\n

While her course load is extensive and varied, Madsen harbors a passion for one subject in particular\u2014math.<\/p>\n

\u201cMath is definitely my thing,\u201d Madsen said. \u201cI just get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This knack for numbers isn\u2019t new for Madsen.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since I was little, I had a fascination for it, and I\u2019ve always been good at memorizing numbers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

All of these skills are ones that Madsen hopes will serve her well in the future, as she is currently interested in pursuing a business major focusing on investments and finance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also will probably do something with statistics, because I want to be a data analyst,\u201d Madsen said, a career that would certainly play to her strengths.<\/p>\n

Beyond the classroom, Madsen is also a tri-sport athlete at WRHS, participating in varsity volleyball, basketball and track, as a middle blocker or right-side hitter, power forward or center, and a jumper in the triple jump and long jump, respectively.<\/p>\n

While she enjoys each sport individually and for different reasons, her love of volleyball is one that she hopes to continue into college.<\/p>\n

\u201cVolleyball is a very mental, technical game,\u201d Madsen said. \u201cI love playing basketball and the contact of it, but there\u2019s just something different with volleyball. It\u2019s not necessarily about what the other team is doing to you. It\u2019s how you deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This firm mental discipline is evident in the many aspects of Madsen\u2019s life and the balance she strikes between them, echoing in her determination to conquer her rigorous high school course load as well as her careful consideration of the future.<\/p>\n

She attributes much of this to the women she looked up to in her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom has definitely been my biggest influence, and then my grandma,\u201d Madsen said. \u201cThey\u2019re both just such strong women who empower me and encourage me to be the best I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

In pursuing this personal best, Madsen will no doubt continue their legacy.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: Anyone who would like to recommend a Blaine County School District student for The Weekly Sun\u2019s \u201cStudent Spotlight\u201d feature should contact The Weekly Sun at
\nnews@theweeklysun.com.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tri-sport star is \u2018mad\u2019 for math By Jesse Cole Wood River High School junior Paige Madsen knows exactly where she\u2019s been and exactly where she\u2019s going. Carrying a 3.7 GPA, Madsen doesn\u2019t shy away from a challenging workload. Next year, she will be taking A.P. Calculus, A.P. Physics, A.P. Language and Composition, A.P. Macro and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sponsored","8":"category-student-spotlight"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}